Adolescent extra-truncal progressive macular hypomelanosis

Pediatr Dermatol. 2023 Jul-Aug;40(4):702-705. doi: 10.1111/pde.15252. Epub 2023 Feb 6.

Abstract

Two adolescent females presented to outpatient clinic with isolated, non-scaly, asymptomatic hypopigmented macules and patches on the arm(s). Both cases had Wood's lamp exams notable for extralesional punctiform coral-red perifollicular fluorescence on the back and faint intralesional enhancement. In one case, biopsy was performed and deemed consistent with progressive macular hypomelanosis. The patient had complete response to antimicrobial therapy and sun exposure.

Keywords: adolescent; case reports; hypopigmentation*/diagnosis; hypopigmentation*/drug therapy; hypopigmentation*/etiology.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Infective Agents*
  • Biopsy
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hypopigmentation* / diagnosis
  • Hypopigmentation* / drug therapy
  • Hypopigmentation* / pathology

Substances

  • Anti-Infective Agents